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Originally Posted by Armistead
You lucky arse...Surprised they didn't blow you out of the water.
Tell me, when were you gonna to pull the plug?
I hit 23 kts once with that guy in calm water, nice to have.
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Yea, will not lie, there some luck involved that they were not better shots, esp at such close range,, they def tried to blow me out of the water, shell splashes everywhere.Glad I didnt have to dive and evade after I took the hit to my stern, my hull integrity was crap after that.
Well I planned to fire the last two stern torpedos if the first two missed, if that didnt work, I planned to try and use the 40 MM aft to give him something to dodge while raced for deeper water, once had 220 feet or so under keel, I wouldve pulled the plug then if couldnt open the distance on surface, but pulling the plug in the dead calm waters in such shallow water woudlve been suicide.Lucky the other escorts were the costal defense types and couldnt keep up.One fast escort to dodge was enough.
23 knots? nicce, i never could get more than 22 1/2 knots out of my boat. I normally hate special abilities but ahead emergency is realistic since more and more boats had to push the engines to the limit once night surface became common and the Japanese had more escorts.